Title: Category ID / name? error?
Last modified: June 6, 2019

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# Category ID / name? error?

 *  Resolved [tkretek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tkretek/)
 * (@tkretek)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-id-name-error/)
 * Hey
    the short name of the category is not working as an ID, and there is no 
   way to see an ID of a category. How to do it?

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 *  [pauplesupport](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pauplesupport/)
 * (@pauplesupport)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-id-name-error/#post-11619440)
 * Hi,
 * Check this article: [https://www.wpwhitesecurity.com/find-wordpress-category-id/](https://www.wpwhitesecurity.com/find-wordpress-category-id/)
 * Just follow the above method in Helpie FAQ -> Categories.
 * Hope that helps. Let me know if you have any other questions. I will be happy
   to help you.
 * Regards.
 *  Thread Starter [tkretek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tkretek/)
 * (@tkretek)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-id-name-error/#post-11619803)
 * C’mon – would it be extremely easy to just write it down? 😀

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 * Last reply from: [tkretek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tkretek/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-id-name-error/#post-11619803)
 * Status: resolved